Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot - Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot

During the 70s and early 80s, Southern Rock was a
seemingly unstoppable force, a Confederate charge played by real men with true
grit under their fingernails and trail dust in the turn-ups of their ol’ blue
jeans. It began with The Allman Brothers Band and was more than ably reinforced
and carried forth to a worldwide audience by Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws and
Molly Hatchet.

Another leading name with arguably the heaviest
sound in the genre was Blackfoot hailing from Jacksonville, Florida. Lead by
the irrepressible and larger than life Rick ‘Rattlesnake’ Medlocke, Blackfoot’s
string of hit albums from ’79 to ’82 cemented their Southern credentials and in
the absence of Lynyrd Skynyrd due to their fatal plane crash of ‘77, became
leaders of the movement.

By the mid-80s however, West Coast ‘hair metal’ and
a breezier AOR sound were in vogue and with Blackfoot now all but
disintegrated, Medlocke decided to record a solo album. At the insistence of
the label the Blackfoot moniker would remain even though none of the other
members of the band were present for the recording. Instead, Medlocke recruited
musicians from leading US funk-rock band, Mother’s Finest with whom he had
struck-up an affinity following his return to the South.

Released in ‘87, ‘Rick Medlocke And Blackfoot’ is a
different animal to classic Blackfoot but considered by Medlocke to be one of
the finest recordings bearing his name. Featuring a cover of Three Dog Night’s
top ten hit ‘Liar’ written by prolific hit maker Russ Ballard, along with a
version of Mother’s Finest’s, ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Tonight’, musically it’s Medlocke
with the trail dust brushed off, stretching his muscles and delivering a slick,
shiny cadillac of an album.

Perennial underdog and nearly man, heavy metal/hard rock guitarist Bernie Torme flirted on the fringes of Rock Stardom throughout his career but never quite made it - working with the likes of ex-Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillian, Atomic Rooster and Ozzy Osbourne, and later going on to form the group Desperado with ex-Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, and bassist Marc Russell.
Originally released in 1985 and produced by John MCoy (also ex-Gillian), Bernie Torme's line-up on this great unsung classic of the mid 80s features the ever colourful Phil Lewis, of Girl fame, and who went on to front LA GUNS.
Available for the first time on CD for 15 years, sleevenotes come courtesy of Classic Rock and Total Rock's Malcom Dome.

Little Angels formed in Scarborough, England in 1984, under the name Mr Thrud. The founding members were Toby Jepson (vocals), Mark Plunkett (bassist), Dave Hopper (drummer) and the brothers Bruce John and Jimmy Dickinson (guitarist) and (keyboardist) respectively). Michael Lee joined the band to replace Hopper around 1988/89, when the band changed their name to Little Angels and began to achieve national success.
It was at this time that the band met Kevin Nixon who would become their manager and label boss when he signed them to his York-based company Powerstation Records. Eventually outgrowing the local scene the band signed to Polydor Records, allegedly a deal done backstage at the old Marquee Club on Charing Cross Road.
This, their debut album has long been out of print and sought after in the CD format, now thanks to a new deal signed with Powerstation records it’s available again.

"Sea Of Light”
was the 19th album by this British progressive heavy rock
institution.

The album
cover was created by legendary designer Roger Dean, who had previously painted
the LP jackets for the classic Uriah Heep albums "Demons And Wizards” (1972)
and "The Magician’s Birthday” (1972).

The album was
recorded by the line-up of founder member Mick Box on guitar, longtime Heep drummer
Lee Kerslake, Phil Lanzon on keyboards, fronted by led vocalist Bernie Shaw and
completed by former Spider From Mars Trevor Bolder on bass.

This version
now features the two bonus tracks ‘Sail The Rivers’ and ‘She Still Calls His
Name’ and a single edit of ‘Dream On’.

This
remastered release features a brand new essay from Classic Rock and Metal
Hammer’s Malcolm Dome commissioned for this set and based on brand new
interviews with the band members.

• Girlschool originally formed in 1978 as part of the NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL movement that also gave us Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon.

• After being taken under the collective wings of Motorhead on the latter’s 1979 "Bomber” tour, the all-girl hard rockers were signed to Bronze Records for four albums of punk-tinged heavy metal, making regular appearances on BBC TV’s Top Of The Pops and in the pages of Sounds and Kerrang! magazine.

• Their fourth album, "Play Dirty”, was issued in the States on major label Mercury Records, who also picked up the option to release their fifth album, "Running Wild”. The first LP to be released without original guitarist and singer Kelly Johnson, founder members Kim McAulliffe (guitar, lead vocals) and Denise Dufort (drums) were joined by Gil Weston-Jones (bass) Jackie Bodimead (lead vocals, keyboards) and Cris Bonacci (guitar).

• Produced by Nick Tauber (Marillion, Thin Lizzy, Venom) at Air, Battery and The Manor studios between December 1984 and January 1985, "Running Wild” was very much a keyboard driven album aimed at US radio, and also featured a cover version of KISS’s glam anthem, ‘Do You Love Me?’.

• Previously only available in the States on vinyl, this is the very first official release for the album on CD, and features liner notes from Classic Rock and Metal Hammer’s Malcolm Dome based on new interviews with the band.
Please Note: This title is released November 24 and will not be dispatched before this date.

Track Listing:

1. LET ME GO
2. RUNNING WILD
3. DO YOU LOVE ME?
4. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
5. ARE YOU READY?
6. NOWHERE TO RUN
7. I WANT YOU BACK
8. NASTY NASTY
9. LOVE IS A LIE
10. CAN'T YOU SEE